However, if Papi is a man of principle (sorry TSJC, here I go again), he’d agree that the same penalties should be imposed no matter what team somebody plays for. If he feels a yankee should be suspended he’d better feel the same way about a red sock.

I do think him speaking up probably confirms he wouldn’t be on the list from 2003. He obviously now knows there are people with access to the list who lack the necessary scruples to live up to the legal agreement to not share the information contained within. Why would he risk going public on a soap box now only to be found guilty later?

They still need to find/use a test for HGH and they need tostop random testing and test everybody several times throughout the year, not just during the season.

Unfortunately, you’re right though. This is something lesser fans will cling to. I used the term A-Roid the day I heard the news and a couple of times since his confession, but I’d like to think I’m over it now.

Let’s play ball!!

By the way, nice article Ben. Thanks for summarizing Ortiz’s pre-Red Sox career in perfect terms.

That would only be true if the union actually cared about the long-term-health consequences of its members. In reality, they only care about the salaries of its current members.

It does pain me to see Jim Rice in the HOF and not Fred.

“When reporters attempted to bail Ortiz out by asking leading questions concerning the many barriers Robinson broke, Ortiz responded by saying he had heard the news, that he certainly hoped Robinson would be okay, and that Jackie should not have been driving drunk in the first place.”